Author: paddyboyle

Hi, I’m Karolina, an Advice Worker here at The Manna Centre. My colleagues and I are fundraising to help our friend and long-time volunteer – Z (for confidentiality reasons, we will refer to him as Z. throughout this message). We are trying to raise funds for Z’s solicitor fees related to his immigration application. The good news is that we have raised 60% of the needed £10,000. We have opened a Crowdfunder page to hopefully raise the outstanding £4,000.

For the past 13 years, Z. has dedicated his time and energy as a long-term volunteer with our organization. Whether it was serving the homeless, cleaning the centre’s facilities, or handling various administrative tasks, Z. has made an incredible help to us. Now he is facing a significant challenge: the high costs of solicitor fees for his immigration application. After years of giving back to the community, he now needs our help to cover these legal expenses.

Every contribution, no matter how small, will make a meaningful difference in easing the burden of these unexpected costs. Please join us in showing our appreciation for Z. and supporting him during this challenging time. Your generosity will allow him to move forward with his life. You can contribute at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-z-cover-solicitor-fees

Thank you for your kindness and for supporting a dedicated individual who has always put others first.

Please note that all funds will go to this appeal and not to The Manna Society and will not qualify for gift aid.

Senior Housing & Welfare Advice Worker’s post

The Manna Day Centre is a drop-in Centre for homeless and vulnerably housed single men and women. It is run by a team of project workers, under the Director, who are responsible for its smooth operation. Basic Services offered include food, showers, clothing, housing & welfare advice, medical care, and access to laptops. The Centre opens to service users 7 days a week, 8.30am– 1.30pm. The working week for this post is Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm each day.

The Senior Housing & Welfare Advice Worker must have a commitment to homeless people, which includes acceptance and respect. Responsibilities are shared among the team according to needs, skills and aptitudes. The annual salary is negotiable (depending on your experience) ranging from £33,775 to £41,359. Benefits include a pension scheme, travel loans and 25 days annual leave (plus time in lieu of bank holidays worked).

Those applying for this post should have:

Ability to manage a team

Housing & welfare advice experience

Experience of undertaking housing & welfare casework                                 

Ability to prioritise and manage a busy caseload.

Experience of working with homeless & vulnerably housed people.

The closing date for applications for this post is Sunday 8^th June 2025.

An application form for this post can be downloaded HERE

A Job Description can be downloaded HERE

A Person Spec can be downloaded HERE

23/04/25

To see our latest Annual Report (23-24), please click HERE.

Would you like to help us out in the kitchen on a monthly basis?  We are in need of volunteers on the 2nd Saturday and the 1st and 2nd Sundays of each month.

The work is very practical, mostly putting dishes through a dishwasher.

If you are free and would like to help us in the kitchen, please email Paddy on mail@mannasociety.org.uk. The hours are from 9am to 1pm.

Many thanks.

Would you like to help us out in the kitchen on a weekly basis? We are looking for kitchen volunteers on a Monday. The work is very practical, mostly putting dishes through a dishwasher. 

Or maybe once a month works better for you? If so we are in need of kitchen volunteers on the 1st & 4th Sunday of each month. 

If you are free once a week or once a month and would like to help us in the kitchen please email Paddy on mail@mannasociety.org.uk The hours are from 9am to 1pm.

Many thanks.

Twelve employees from SRL Traffic Systems, Skanska, Costain and Hatton Traffic Management will be sleeping out for a night to raise funds for us. The sleepout will take place from 9pm to 6am on Thursday 29th February at St George’s RC Cathedral, Elephant & Castle.

In the 22-23 year we had a deficit of £30,000 and this year to date we have a deficit of £100,000. Any help that you can give to help us address this deficit would be very much appreciated.

You can sponsor the 12 hardy indivduals at https://www.justgiving.com/page/claire-woodhouse-1706621502823

Many thanks.

As the demand for accommodation is so great and the availability of housing options so few, we have decided to treat requests for accommodation  separately from other housing and welfare related matters. Our new way of working can be seen HERE.    

To view our Christmas Newsletter please click HERE. 

As you will see from our Christmas Appeal on page 8, our monthly expenditure has risen from £40,000 in 22-23 to approx. £45,000 in 23-24. For the first six months of 23-24 our expenditure has outstripped our income be £75,000. In our Christmas Appeal we have suggested a number of ways in which you may be able to help us address this deficit. Any help that you can give would be very much appreciated.

Harvest Festival gifts provide us approx. 70% of our foodstuffs for the year and are therefore of critical importance to us. If you would like to pass on your Harvest gifts  to us, we would be delighted to receive them. Our Harvest Festival list showing the items we are most in need of can be found HERE.

Housing & Welfare Advice Worker’s post

The Manna Day Centre is a drop-in Centre for homeless and long-term unemployed single men and women. It is run by a team of project workers, under the Director, who are responsible for its smooth operation. Basic Services offered include food, showers, clothing, housing & welfare advice, medical care, and access to laptops. The Centre opens to service users 7 days a week, 8.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. The working week for this particular post is from Monday to Friday, from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. each day. Annual leave is 25 days plus time in lieu of bank holidays worked.

Housing & Welfare Advice Workers must have a commitment to homeless people, which includes acceptance and respect. They will also work for necessary social change to ensure justice for homeless and poor people. Responsibilities are shared among the team according to needs, skills and aptitudes. The annual salary for this post ranges from £27,660 to £33,450. The starting salary will be dependent on your experience.

Those applying for this post should have:

Housing & welfare advice experience

Experience of undertaking housing & welfare casework                                 

Ability to prioritise and manage a busy caseload.

Experience of working with homeless & vulnerably housed people.

An application form can be downloaded from HERE.

A Job Descrition for this post from HERE.

A Person Spec from HERE.

A Vision Ethos statement from HERE.

Please note that the closing date for applications is Sunday 1st October 2023.